The effect of remittances on emigration intentions in Egypt, Morocco, and Turkey

Population Studies

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 375-392

  van Dalen, Hendrik P ^a,b,c   Groenewold, George ^a   Fokkema, Tineke ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Altruism; Development; Households; Intentions; Migration; Networks; Remittances; Self interest

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMIGRATION; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; MIGRANTS REMITTANCE;

AFRICA; EGYPT; EURASIA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; TURKEY;

EID: 27844546667     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00324720500249448     Document Type: Article

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